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Cap-Ferret Fan (Bay of Biscay) is a complex submarine fan fed by two main systems: the Cap-Ferret system and the Capbreton system. During the Pliocene and Quaternary, the fan developed mainly from slope-derived sediments that bypassed the partially filled Cap-Ferret depression. The clayey-silty nature of the sediment supply, together with the effect of the Coriolis force, resulted in thick overbank deposits on the right side of channels that migrated to the left and prograded downfan. This resulted in a large sedimentary levee, producing the elongated and asymmetric shape of the present fan.
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Cremer, M., Orsolini, P., Ravenne, C. (1985). Cap-Ferret Fan, Atlantic Ocean. In: Bouma, A.H., Normark, W.R., Barnes, N.E. (eds) Submarine Fans and Related Turbidite Systems. Frontiers in Sedimentary Geology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5114-9_17
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